The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
3:00 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 583
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.19° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.38° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.